1.能够正确表达学科的名称。

2. 录音机

教学过程：

Step 1 Showing a world map

Get the students to know the English-speaking countries around the world, by showing a world map to them. Meanwhile write the name of different English-speaking countries in the world. Let the students know the differences between British and American English.

Step 2 Matching the two words that refer to the same things

Tell the students that people use different words to talk about the same things. Ask the students to open their books and match the two words that refer to the same things.

Get the students to read these words syllable by syllable to help them remember it.

Step3 Doing Part B on page 19

Get the students to finish doing Part B on page 19. Show the pictures and ask the students to speak out both the British and American words out loudly.

StepP 4 Guessing what they are talking about?

(1) Show the first picture of Comic Stripes to the student without the words. Ask the students to guess:　 “what are they talking about?”Play the tape for the students to listen and find out the answer to the questions.

(2)Get the students to read and feel the humor here. (In fact, Eddie has no idea what school is like and why people need to got to school. However, he still thinks dogs are clever. ) If the students have no problem in understanding the dialogue, get them to practice the dialogue in pairs and act out the dialogue in front of the class. Encourage the students to add something to make the dialogue funnier and more interesting.

STEP 5 Talking about the sentences

Talking about the following sentences:

(1) We are smarter than people.

(2) There are fewer advertisements.

(3)What is school like? It’s like watching TV.

　Step 6 Giving some reasons for your ideas

Eddie thinks school life is like watching TV. What do you think of our school life? Encourage the students to give some reasons for their ideas

It is very necessary for our teacher to lead the students to talk about the brighter side for the kid to develop an active attitude towards school life as well as to study.

STEP 7 Homework

　Try to find more information about the differences between British and American English.

vocabulary

教学目标

1. 教学挂图

3．激发他们学习英语的兴趣。

教学内容

学习一些英式英语和美式英语的单词。

教学准备

2. 确保学生能区别英式英语和美式英语。

1. 了解一些英式英语和美式英语的单词。

3. 识别并运用适当的语调模式。

2. 了解英国和美国中学生的学校生活。

12.选词填空

　 slow ; last ; decide ; stop ; same ; hundred ; difficult ; until ; make ; bring

　 Nobody likes staying at home on a holiday if the weather is fine. Last August we ______ to spend the day in the country. The only ____________ was that millions of other people had the ______ idea. We moved out of the city_______ behind a long line of cars, but at ________ we came to a quiet country road and , after some time , ________ at a lonely farm. We __________ lots of food with us and we got it out of the car. Now everything was ready, so we sat down at the foot of a hill. It was very nice in the cool grass _________ we heard the bell ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw ________us pick up our things and run back to the car as quickly as possible. There were about two __________ sheep coming down towards us.